MIT Gnome Invasion

J. Arthur Random writes "On Wednesday, April 23, hundreds of gnomes invaded the main public computer cluster at MIT. There were big gnomes, little gnomes, even naked gnomes. A gnome army carried the GNOME banner. Fortunately, the ACME Gnome Exterminators took care of the infestation within a few days."

Comments

Exactly how do you exterminate a gnome?

[Elpacoloco]

Must you use the magic word, Kappa Delta Edward?

HELP!

[JWSmythe]

HELP!

The Gnomes are coming! The Gnomes are coming!

The colo just called. They're coming through the raised floors, and just appearing inside cages and cabinets! They're overrunning us!!!!

Re:HELP!

[Tumbleweed]

I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

You guys at MIT are smart and all,

[Anonymous Coward]

But you guys really have to get out more.....

Re:You guys at MIT are smart and all,

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, this coming from a guy who spends friday night posting on slashdot.

All the bases covered!

[Corvaith]

Looking at the pictures... wow. Pirate gnomes! Goth gnomes! Alcoholic gnomes!

I think some people really need to get lives. :)

Re:All the bases covered!

[exhilaration]

Where are the African-American gnomes? The Arab gnomes?? The South Asian gnomes? The Jewish gnomes??

THIS IS BLATANT DISCRIMINATION - I cannot allow this exclusion of minority gnomes to stand!

I shall be filing a class action lawsuit against MIT; all minority gnomes should contact me immediately.

(Now to figure out some way to bring the DMCA into this...)

Re:Other MIT hacks

[Michael's a Jerk!]

Working Link. I like the dome beanie :-)

phase 2

[cygnusx197]

Thank god it wasn't the underpants gnomes!

Re:Other MIT hacks

[GnarlyNome]

Is this what happens when you run GnomeMeetings?

MIT????

[Bearded Pear Shaped]

Last time they struck the Harvard School of Eco-gnomics.

*click click click click click*
What's that noise??

Why it's a metrognome

I'm truly sorry for this post.

Re:This is Slashdot worthy?

[SweetAndSourJesus]

In the US, it's friday night. Little news is being generated. Most people are out doing something.

Except us, of course.

Party on, clbyjack81!

Re:This is Slashdot worthy?

[Art Tatum]

This is the annual MIT hack. It's an old tradition that is *definitely* Slashdot worthy. My favorite has always been Buzzword Bingo!

Pshaw... Gnome invasion.

[Torgo's Pizza]

Hundreds of Gnomes couldn't take down the MIT computer labs, but Slashdot does it with one story submission. Is there anything that can stop the Slashdot army?

I am from the government and I am here to help.

[www.sorehands.com]

I am from division 6 of the Homeland Security department. There are no gnomes, all you saw was a group of midgets through a cloud of swamp gas.

We have proven that gnomes do not exist.

Re:This is Slashdot worthy?

[Bonker]

This is news for nerds. This is stuff that matters.

This was a truly beautiful hack, and it looks like the perpetrators, may they be snickering to themselves in their dormrooms, put a hell of a lot of effort into it.

It had class, beauty, and best of all, didn't hurt anybody.

As a nerd, I am truly glad that Slashdot brought this to my attention. /salute the anonymous Gnomesters.

Metrognome

[meldon corintur]

But I thought a metrognome was a gnome that lived in the city. :)

Re:This is Slashdot worthy?

[The Evil Couch]

it's not annual. guys at MIT do hacks all year round.

This is new?

[LongJohnStewartMill]

So the computer lab is filled with hairy little men. What's so great about this? You should see my friends at a LAN party... Woohoo! Hack! =)

Where is the laughing Gnome?

[G3ckoG33k]

I was walking down the High Street
When I heard footsteps behind me
And there was a little old man (Hello)
In scarlet and grey, shuffling away (laughter)
Well he trotted back to my house
And he sat beside the telly (Oaah..)
With his tiny hands on his tummy
Chuckling away, laughing all day (laughter)

Oh, I ought to report you to the Gnome office
(Gnome Office)
Yes
(Hahahahaha)

CHORUS
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Said the laughing Gnome

Well I gave him roasted toadstools and a glass of dandelion wine (Burp, pardon)
Then I put him on a train to Eastbourne
Carried his bag and gave him a fag
(Haven't you got a light boy?)
"Here, where do you come from?"
(Gnome-man's land, hahihihi)
"Oh, really?"

In the morning when I woke up
He was sitting on the edge of my bed
With his brother whose name was Fred
He'd bought him along to sing me a song

Right, let's hear it
Here, what's that clicking noise?
(That's Fred, he's a "metrognome", haha)

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"

(Own up, I'm a gnome, ain't I right, haha)
"Haven't you got an 'ome to go to?"
(No, we're gnomads)
"Didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at school?
you look like a rolling gnome."
(No, not at the London School of Ecognomics)

Now they're staying up the chimney
And we're living on caviar and honey (hooray!)
Cause they're earning me lots of money
Writing comedy prose for radio shows
It's the-er (what?)
It's the Gnome service of course

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you don't catch me"
Ha ha ha, oh, dear me

(Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee
"I'm a laughing Gnome and you can't catch me")

(One more time, yeah)

Blatantly from Teenage Wildlife, David Bowie fansite. Oh yes, he wrote the song, back in 1968 or 1969.

MIT of course

[ChrisGuest]

They've all gone there to meet Gnome Chomsky.

Re:Bastard gnome stole my panties . . .

[mizhi]

The lack of female gnomes in the Athena cluster are representative of the general student population. :-)

Just kidding...

Re:Recycled joke

[evilviper]

"They have aluminum centerfuges," Bush said, "that they are using to make atomic weapons."

"Uh, Mr. Bush... Some people call those 'soda cans'."